Samsung to open source Bada next year. Will they use Meego to do it?
According to Wall Street Journal, Samsung is planning to open source their Bada smartphone platform next year. Companies that do have their own successful proprietary platforms are no it usually too eager to start giving them away in hopes that outside developers will make it better in exchange. Companies who’s platforms do fail to take [...]
Android Jelly Bean to come after Ice Cream Sandwich?
By now, everyone is probably familiar with the way Google is naming its new iterations of Android: it chooses dessert names (in alphabetical order). We have 1.5 Cupcake, 1.6 Donut, 2.0 / 2.1 Eclair, 2.2 Froyo, 2.3 Gingerbread, and 3.x Honeycomb. Android Ice Cream Sandwich has been already announced (and should be released soon), but [...]
Microsoft Apps for Symbian Belle smartphones coming soon
Nokia has announced that its Symbian Belle smartphones would receive a software update that brings “a suite of Microsoft productivity applications” known as Microsoft Apps. The applications will include Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Lync 2010 Mobile, Microsoft Document Connection, and Microsoft PowerPoint Broadcast. They will be rolled-out to Symbian Belle smartphones (Nokia 600, Nokia 700, Nokia [...]
Sony Ericsson’s 2011 Xperia line will get Android Ice Cream Sandwich
If you’ve bought (or will buy) an Xperia smartphone released this year, you won’t have to worry about software updates for a while. Not long after announcing that the 2011 Xperia line would receive Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread updates, Sony Ericsson has now told SoMobile that all its Xperia devices made this year will also be [...]
Nobody cares about Honeycomb tablets, not even Google. It’s all about Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
It’s been what, almost 6 months since Motorola Xoom – the first Android Honeycomb tablet- shipped? We now have Honeycomb tablets from Acer, Asus, LG and Samsung. None of them could make even a dent in iPad’s dominance. And Honeycomb tablets won’t make a dent. Ever. Because Google itself does not really care about whether [...]
Russian Megafon posts thousands of customer SMS to the open Web
When Google was just getting started and some companies didn’t have enough experience to keep their customer data really private, all kinds of interesting things used to end up on the Web. Including personally identifiable information, medical records and credit card numbers. Eventually things did get better, but sometimes we still get an interesting data [...]
HTC Desire Z Android Gingerbread upgrade to be released by the end of the month
Good news for those who were disappointed that Android 2.3 Gingerbread for their HTC Desire Z didn’t arrive before the end of June, as initially reported. Now HTC states that the upgrade is scheduled to be rolled-out starting the next few weeks. The announcement was made on various HTC Facebook accounts (including HTC UK’s and [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro delayed until Q4. SE TXT Pro priced
If you were hoping to get your hands on a Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro this quarter, it looks like it’s not going to happen. Sony Ericsson has reportedly confirmed to SoMobile that the Xperia Pro will not hit the market until the fourth quarter of the year. Furthermore, The Carphone Warehouse says the handset will [...]
6 iOS Twitter Apps That Truly Stand out from the Crowd
If there is one category that is oversaturated in the App Store, it is Twitter apps. There are hundreds of apps out there that allow you to send tweets of 140 characters, reply to your followers, search keywords in real time, and share media with your Twitter network. Of course, the most popular iOS Twitter [...]
Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy Tab to get Android Gingerbread in early July
Sprint’s’ old Samsung Galaxy Tab (the 7 inch, Android 2.2 Froyo version) will reportedly receive a software update in early July – more exactly, on July 5. The update will be made over the air, bringing Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the Tab, as well HID Bluetooth. The same day (July 5), Sprint should also upgrade [...]
Opera Mini 6.1 and Opera Mobile 11.1 launched with auto-complete and auto-suggest features
Earlier today, Opera has released updated versions of its wildly popular browsers aimed at mobile users: Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. Both the new Opera Mini 6.1 and Opera Mobile 11.1 now let you find what you need easier than ever, as they display suggestions in real time, as you type. The browsers also come [...]
The Success of Google+ Very Much Depends on its Mobile Implementation
As you have heard by now, Google seems to have reached the conclusion that it is time they created their own Facebook. No, I do not mean their own social network, I mean their own Facebook. Google+, at least on first glance is a carbon copy of Facebook. It looks the same, it acts the [...]
8 App Trends We Will See in the Coming Years
The mobile industry is a very exciting space to be a part of nowadays. Despite its young age, the app arena is exploding and breaking new records every day. Another exciting characteristic of the mobile app ecosystem is watching new trends form every day. Some of the trends we have witnessed over the past year [...]
9 of the Best iPhone Apps that Let You Call for Free
One of the advantages to the “app culture” we live in, is that there is an app for almost everything, as Apple emphasized in its famous iPhone campaign. One of the most interesting app categories out there are VoIP apps, or apps that enable you to call over the Internet as opposed to cellular lines. [...]
How Nokia was disrupted. Part 1
Back in 2007 Nokia was riding high. They owned well over a third of the mobile phone market, and about every second smartphone sold in the world had Nokia name on it. They set the directions for the rest of the industry, leaving competitors scrambling to catch up with every new product launch. The latest [...]
10 Features I Would Love to See in the New Facebook iPad App
As you have probably heard, Facebook is stepping up its mobile game with a new photo sharing app, an HTML5-based app platform, and the much-anticipated Facebook iPad app. We already addressed the first two, but the iPad app has been making headlines for days and no one really knows when it will show its face. [...]
Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt coming on June 30?
Back in April, we told you that the HTC Thunderbolt 4G would get Android 2.3 Gingerbread before the end of June, and it looks like this is indeed going to happen. According to Android and Me and a Verizon insider, there’s a software update scheduled for June 30, which will bring not only Android 2.3.4 [...]
How Facebook Plans to Take over the Mobile World
There has been endless articles and complaints surrounding the fact that Facebook does not have its own native iPad app. The truth is, no one really knows why the social marketing giant does not recognize the iPad for what it is, an industry pioneer. However, the latest news about Zuckerberg’s plans might shed some light [...]
Google enhances mobile search for iOS and Android
Like it has done it quite a few times before, Google has launched new features that will help Android and iOS users search and find what they need faster via the Google mobile homepage. First of all, the mobile homepage now includes shortcut icons for commonly searched local categories, including restaurants, bars, coffee hops, gas [...]
Google Wallet payment service announced, Nexus S 4G owners will use it first
It was no secret that Google had planned the launch of an NFC-based mobile payment system for today. And, well, here it is: Google Wallet (yes, that’s the service’s name) is now official. The service (accessed via a free Android application) “stores virtual versions of your existing plastic cards on your phone”, thus allowing you [...]